The D of L

"It is important to diminish undisciplined states of mind, but it is even more important to meet adversity with a positive attitude.  By greeting trouble with optimism and hope, you are undermining worse troubles down the line.  Beyond that, imagine that you are easing the burden of everyone suffering problems of that kind.  This practice - imagining that by accepting your pain you are using up the negative karma of everyone destined to feel such pain - is very helpful."  The Dali Lama